Courtney Kube, NBC News national security producer, talks with Rachel Maddow about the surprise announcement of a small number of U.S. special operations forces being sent to Syria, and how the Obama administration explains this contradiction of the "no boots on the ground" position that has been the standing policy in the war on ISIS.Oct. 31, 2015
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